Occupation Atlaswaiter/waitress
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/d5db9d5c-2ebf-4a54-a79a-1b7e7ff70471
waiter/waitress
Waiters/waitresses supply guests with food and drinks as requested. Waiters/waitresses usually work in restaurants, bars and hotels. This involves the preparation of tables, serving food or beverages and taking payments.
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Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
CSRConventional · Social · Realistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- C Conventional4.95
- S Social4.72
- R Realistic4.12
- E Enterprising4.06
- A Artistic1.84
- I Investigative1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Waiters and Waitresses (35-3031.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (29)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- advise guests on menus for special events
- alcoholic beverage products
- arrange tables
- assist VIP guests
- assist clients with special needs
- assist customers
- attend to detail regarding food and beverages
- check dining room cleanliness
- clean surfaces
- comply with food safety and hygiene
- dietary regimes
- food and beverages on the menu
- identify customer's needs
- maintain customer service
- maintain personal hygiene standards
- maintain relationship with customers
- measure customer feedback
- prepare alcoholic beverages
- prepare hot drinks
- prepare the restaurant for service
- present menus
- process payments
- serve beverages
- serve food in table service
- serve wines
- supervise food quality
- take food and beverage orders from customers
- welcome restaurant guests
- work in a hospitality team
Optional (14)
- apply foreign languages in hospitality
- decant wines
- detect drug abuse
- educate customers on coffee varieties
- educate customers on tea varieties
- laws regulating serving alcoholic drinks
- local area tourism industry
- maintain incident reporting records
- prepare flambeed dishes
- prepare service trolleys
- process reservations
- recommend wines
- sparkling wines
- use food cutting tools
O*NET equivalents
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Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 29 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
head waiter/head waitress
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restaurant host/restaurant hostess
8 shared · 5 more of its ownwelcome restaurant guests, present menus, check dining room cleanliness, arrange tables
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quick service restaurant crew member
8 shared · 8 more of its ownpresent menus, take food and beverage orders from customers, work in a hospitality team, maintain personal hygiene standards
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domestic butler
7 shared · 10 more of its owncheck dining room cleanliness, arrange tables, serve wines, serve beverages
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bartender
7 shared · 14 more of its ownprepare hot drinks, take food and beverage orders from customers, serve beverages, comply with food safety and hygiene
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barista
6 shared · 14 more of its ownprepare hot drinks, take food and beverage orders from customers, work in a hospitality team, comply with food safety and hygiene
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hospitality establishment receptionist
6 shared · 14 more of its ownassist clients with special needs, comply with food safety and hygiene, process payments, maintain customer service
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cocktail bartender
6 shared · 22 more of its ownserve beverages, assist customers, comply with food safety and hygiene, process payments
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